Comments on: Idiot Mugger to Victim: ‘Give Me My Gun Back!’http://www.alphecca.com/?p=1767
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Sun, 04 Nov 2012 13:38:59 +0000http://www.alphecca.com/?p=1767#comment-6556You mean the cops were able to stop laughing long enough to put cuffs on him? That's willpower, that is.You mean the cops were able to stop laughing long enough to put cuffs on him? That’s willpower, that is.
]]>by: AZRonhttp://www.alphecca.com/?p=1767#comment-6555
Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:19:23 +0000http://www.alphecca.com/?p=1767#comment-6555There are a few things that seem to be exaggerated in the recount.
"I grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground," Turner said, adding that he was able to grip Hardman's trigger finger and force him to discharge the gun.
Yeah, we all aspire to force them to discharge their weapon on command, and in a safe direction.
"After I shot the gun off until it was empty, I grabbed it from him," Turner said. "He got up and said, 'Give me my gun back; I got a CCW.' Then I hit him with the gun."
Oh, so now he forced him to EMPTY his magazine (or cylinder) and THEN took it from him. If somebody was so ninja as to do that to me, I wouldn't ask that my pistol be returned, I'd be beatin' feet toward Royal Oak.
I spent 14 years in that area, and it was a pretty rough neighborhood in the '60's. I can't imagine how bad it is now.
It's always great when the good guy prevails, but his account belongs in the fiction section of the library.
As an aside, I'm pretty sure that Tommy "please don't hit me" Hearns trained at the Kronk gym.There are a few things that seem to be exaggerated in the recount.

“I grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground,” Turner said, adding that he was able to grip Hardman’s trigger finger and force him to discharge the gun.

Yeah, we all aspire to force them to discharge their weapon on command, and in a safe direction.

“After I shot the gun off until it was empty, I grabbed it from him,” Turner said. “He got up and said, ‘Give me my gun back; I got a CCW.’ Then I hit him with the gun.”

Oh, so now he forced him to EMPTY his magazine (or cylinder) and THEN took it from him. If somebody was so ninja as to do that to me, I wouldn’t ask that my pistol be returned, I’d be beatin’ feet toward Royal Oak.

I spent 14 years in that area, and it was a pretty rough neighborhood in the ’60’s. I can’t imagine how bad it is now.

It’s always great when the good guy prevails, but his account belongs in the fiction section of the library.